Dixie Mountain (W6/CN-006) SOTA Activation - 12/31/2011

The road eventually ends and a foot trail leads to the lookout tower on top of the mountain. The trail is narrow, the snow is frozen solid with spots of sheet ice, and a fall could result in a l-o-n-g tumble down the steep slope to the right. I only had my lightweight low-top hiking shoes, no crampons, no ice axe, no climbing gear, no partner... so that trail wasn't for me.

Instead, I turned to my left and scrambled up through the rocks and boulders to the top of the ridge, ending up just a few hundred feet south of the lookout tower.